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Barkerville: A Gold Rush Boomtown Turned Ghost Town

Barkerville was once a gold rush boom town but it declined rapidly, becoming a ghost town. Today, it has been restored.

The original Aldgate East station opened in 1884, but during the expansion of the London Underground, it was moved 150 metres away.

The city of Pompeii was abandoned following a devastating earthquake in 79 AD. It remained buried for hundreds of years.

There were great plans Montréal Mirabel International Airport but it turned out to be one of the world’s biggest white elephants.

Al-‘Ula is a ghost town in Saudi Arabia. It was once a popular oasis stop on the incense route but was abandoned in the 1980s.

Route 66 once stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles but was abandoned as new, modern interstate highways were built.

Caldwell House was a Scottish mansion built in the 18th century. It became an insane asylum and children’s home, being abandoned in 1985.

The Duga-1 radar, nicknamed the Russian Woodpecker, was located near the town of Chernobyl but was abandoned shortly after the disaster.

The village on Spike Island was once home to the families of soldiers and prison guards who worked there but it was abandoned after a riot.

The R&H Hall mill once dominated Waterford City’s North Quays but it was abandoned in the 1980’s and eventually demolished 30 years later.